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"What's that peculiar sound?" Senji asked
Garion untied the pouch frory red
"Zandraarath asked intently
Garion shook his head "No, Grandfather I don't think so"
"Does it want to take you soo" Garion held the Orb out in his right hand and it drew him steadily toward the door They went out into the corridor with Senji li behind them, his face afire with curiosity The Orb led the
"It see over there," Garion said, pointing toward a soaring tower of pure white y," Senji sniffed "They're a sorry group of scholars with an inflated notion of their contribution to the suarath instructed They crossed the lawn
Startled scholars scattered before thearath's face
They entered the ground floor of the tower A thin h desk just inside the door "You're not ed voice "You can't coarath translocated the officious doorman some distance out onto the lawn, desk and all
"It does have its uses, doesn't it?" Senji conceded "Maybe I should give it a littleto bore
"That's their e of old idols, religious artifacts, and that sort of thing"
Garion tried the handle "It's locked"
Beldin leaned back and kicked the door open, splintering the wood around the lock
"Why did you do that?" Belgarath asked hi to waste the effort of pulling inlazy"
"I'll put it back together, and you can open it"
"Never mind"
They went into the dusty, cluttered roolass display cases in the center, and the walls were lined with grotesque statues Cobwebs hung fro and dust lay everywhere
"They don't come in here very often," Senji noted "They'd rather cook up addlepated theories than look at the real effects of huious impulses"
"This way," Garion said as the Orb continued to pull steadily at his hand He noticed that the stone was glowing redder and redder, and it was getting uncolass case where a rotting cushion lay behind the dusty panes Aside from the cushion, the case was elow filled the entire rooarath demanded
Senji leaned forward to read the inscription on the corroded brass plate attached to the case "Oh," he said, "now I re Sardius--before it was stolen'